By Ken Paulson
– Danny Barnes’ album is best listened to and not described. After all, how many would flock to hear an album by a banjo player, with Dave Mathews on background vocals and a T.Rex cover in the mix? What do you file that under?
A driving force behind the Bad Livers, Barnes is never predictable. His Rocket, currently #27 on the Americana Music Charts, is fun, irreverent and rocks, particularly on the full-throttle “S.O.T.” (Same Old Thing.)
His lyrics tell tales of well-worn people and relationships, and inevitably have attitude: “It’s hard to lose the blues when your daddy pays your dues” he sings on “Rich Boy Blues.”
The cover of Marc Bolan’s “Bang A Gong (Get It On)” is a lot of fun, though it owes more to the Power Station than T. Rex. Robert Palmer would be proud.
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